This past Tuesday and Wednesday Peruvians celebrated their independence. I was a little worried that I wouldn’t be able to find celebrations for the work team to join in, but another missionary decided to buy some fireworks and hotdogs and invite the children’s home and several of the families from the Oasis to the Oasis to celebrate. Everyone had a blast hanging out and watching the fireworks and, especially, trying to keep the guard dog from gnawing on the lit fuses.
After the fireworks we did what any group sitting around a bonfire should do and we worshipped our God and Savior in through song. Afterwards Juan Carlos, the director of the Oasis, said a few inspirational words about the joys of celebrating our independence from Spain, but infinitely more so the joy of independence from sin that Christ has given us.
